Syria’s reopened trade routes attract foreign investment, but centralization and local conflicts could turn recovery into renewed instability.
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Iraqi oil exports are reviving, yet Iranian smuggling and transit fees risk turning Iraq’s recovery into Tehran’s profit.
Military force cannot substitute for political settlement, as the Iran campaign risks becoming another long open-ended U.S. deployment.
Iran-backed militias resist disarmament as Tehran shields weapons, leaving Prime Minister Zaidi’s authority weakened and Baghdad’s security unresolved.
Iran pressures Iraqi militias to keep weapons as Barrack vetoes posts and oil collapse erodes Zaidi’s authority.
Iraq’s southern crude still flows through a contested chokepoint as Baghdad revives pipeline plans that remain financially and politically blocked.
Riyadh is pairing diplomatic restraint toward Iran with targeted military strikes against its proxies, raising the risk of wider war.
Syria’s post-Assad position is now reshaping Gulf, U.S., and regional strategies, making stability a central test of influence.
Baghdad’s fiscal pressure and intra-Kurdish rivalries are reshaping the KDP–PUK bargain, reconfiguring Kurdistan Region federalism without systemic collapse.
Iraq’s omission from US-Iran talks reveals a quiet shift in how Tehran maintains influence inside Baghdad’s political system.